Friday evening ramble

Three more business days to vacation! Nothing like having a f*load of work to keep you focused through the last stretch.

It's also the last stretch for Rosetta Stone. I've actually learned some useful constructions, not to mention words. For example, I know the word for banana--it's 'banana'--so if I happen to learn the word for 'republic' within the next few days, I'll be able to talk about
(or at least name) my place of worship.

Rosetta Stone has grown on me, but the initial annoyance remains: the pictures are almost deliberately vague--androgynous and otherwise unclear. And there's nothing like trying to figure out what RS is trying to show you when there's a whiny little attention whore pawing at you.